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Writers:
Pier Paolo Pasolini (story)
Pier Paolo Pasolini (screenplay)
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Release Date:
4 April 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Pasolini's first film is a painfully realistic study of a pimp in Rome. Vittorio Accattone has never worked a day in his life... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. more
User Comments:
brilliant contradiction between the profane and the sacred more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Franco Citti ... Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi
Franca Pasut ... Stella
Silvana Corsini ... Maddalena
Paola Guidi ... Ascenza
Adriana Asti ... Amore
Luciano Conti ... Il Moicano
Luciano Gonini ... Piede D'Oro
Renato Capogna ... Renato
Alfredo Leggi ... Papo Hirmedo
Galeazzo Riccardi ... Cipolla
Leonardo Muraglia ... Mammoletto
Giuseppe Ristagno ... Peppe
Roberto Giovannoni ... The German
Mario Cipriani ... Balilla
Roberto Scaringella ... Cartagine
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Accattone! (USA)
The Procurer (UK)
The Scrounger (USA) (informal English title)
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Runtime:
120 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Spain:13 | Italy:VM18 | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 | Argentina:16 | UK:X (original rating)
Company:
Arco Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Pier Paolo Pasolini's directing debut. more
Quotes:
Lady at work: We've been working since 6 o'clock this morning.
Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi: These rotten things can happen.
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Movie Connections:
Edited into Bellissimo: Immagini del cinema italiano (1985) more

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9 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
brilliant contradiction between the profane and the sacred, 11 May 2005
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Author: candide777 from United States

don't be a fool, this movie is not about pimps! It is about the periphery of Rome during the post-war years and the better life that capitalism created for the masses yet fundamentally forgot about these denizens of the borgate. If you like contradictions, dichotomies and are a film of uber-neo-realism, read this film. The protagonist, Accattone, is yes a pimp, but he is a pimp because that is how he is rendered through society. Pasolini gives a weird sort of dignity to the slummy atmosphere and seedy characters that reside in it. Christological imagery is prevalent!!! If you are mildly cognizant of Renaissance and Baroque art, you will see what I am talking about.

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